EXPORTS – WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Flu or no, Fortescue eyes export record

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Original article by Peter Ker
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 23 : 31-Jan-20

Fortescue Metals Group’s iron ore shipments from the Pilbara topped 88.6 million tonnes in the first half of 2019-20. A similar performance in the second half would see the group beat its previous full-year record of 170.4 million tonnes. CEO Elizabeth Gaines says the pure-play miner has not yet received any requests from steelmakers in Hubei to delay shipments, despite the temporary closure of the province’s ports due to the coronavirus outbreak.

CORPORATES
FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LIMITED – ASX FMG

Rio Tinto could hit iron ore goal in 2022

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Original article by Peter Ker
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 23 : 1-Nov-19

The head of Rio Tinto’s iron ore division, Chris Salisbury, has told investors that production at its Koodaideri mine in Western Australia is slated for late 2021. He also said the mine will give Rio Tinto the capacity to ship 360 million tonnes of iron ore from the Pilbara each year. This target was first set in 2013, but to date the most Rio Tinto has shopped from the Pilbara in a single year is 338.2 million tonnes. Analysts expect its Pilbara shipments to total 325.5 million tonnes in 2019.

CORPORATES
RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, VUMA FINANCIAL LIMITED

Fortescue could benefit from Rio’s port blaze

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Original article by Paul Garvey
The Australian – Page: 19 : 15-Jan-19

Lower-grade iron ore is currently trading at a discount of about 27 per cent to the benchmark price, compared with 45 per cent a year ago. Peter O’Connor of Shaw & Partners says the discount may narrow further in the wake of a fire at the port of Cape Lambert in Western Australia. Rio Tinto ships about 30 million tonnes of lower-grade iron ore via Cape Lambert, and while it still assessing the damage, it has declared force majeure over shipments from the port. Fortescue Metals Group ships some 170 million tonnes of lower-grade iron ore each year.

CORPORATES
RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LIMITED – ASX FMG, BHP GROUP LIMITED – ASX BHP, SHAW AND PARTNERS LIMITED

BHP train wreck hits contracts

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Original article by Brad Thompson
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 17 & 22 : 8-Nov-18

BHP Billiton hopes to partially resume rail operations in the Pilbara in the next week, after it was forced to deliberately derail a train that was carrying iron ore to Port Hedland. BHP is using its iron ore stockpiles at Portland to meet its contractual obligations, but the resources giant has conceded that they will be exhausted before rail shipments resume. Glyn Lawcock of UBS says the benchmark price of iron ore could rally, depending on the length of BHP’s supply disruption.

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BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, UBS HOLDINGS PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN TRANSPORT SAFETY BUREAU, AUSTRALIA. OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL RAIL SAFETY REGULATOR

Local miners struggle to keep pace with Vale

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Original article by Peter Ker
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 16 : 17-Oct-18

Rio Tinto’s iron ore shipments from the Pilbara totalled 81.9 million tonnes in the September quarter, compared with 88.5 million in the June quarter. Rio Tinto has attributed the fall in shipments to factors such as maintenance work and the death of a worker at one of its mines. BHP Billiton and Fortescue Metals Group are also tipped to report lower iron ore export volumes for the quarter. Meanwhile, Brazilian rival Vale has reported record third-quarter production of 104.9 million tonnes, while its sales rose by nine per cent to 84 million tonnes.

CORPORATES
RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LIMITED – ASX FMG, VALE SA, ROY HILL HOLDINGS PTY LTD, MINERAL RESOURCES LIMITED – ASX MIN, ATLAS IRON LIMITED – ASX AGO, RBC CAPITAL MARKETS

Fortescue flags earlier start for higher grade iron ore exports

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Original article by Peter Ker
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 19 : 21-Sep-18

Pure-play iron ore producer Fortescue Metals Group has advised that it will begin exporting ore with an iron content of 60.1 per cent in December. Fortescue had previously expected to begin shipments of the higher-grade West Pilbara Fines product during the first half of 2019. Fortescue’s new Eliwana mine will be a key source of the new iron ore blend, and the company expects annual shipments of West Pilbara Fines to be around 40 million when production at Eliwana begins. Fortescue has forecast that it will export 5-10 million tonnes of West Pilbara Fines in 2018-19.

CORPORATES
FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LIMITED – ASX FMG, RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED – ASX MQG

Iron ore miners tipped to have record quarter

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Original article by Peter Ker
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 13 & 18 : 16-Jul-18

UBS estimates that Rio Tinto’s iron ore shipments from the Pilbara totalled 88.9 million tonnes in the June quarter. BHP Billiton and Fortescue Metals Group are also expected to have had record quarterly shipments, at 71.7 million tonnes and 46.3 million tonnes respectively. Brazilian rival Vale is also expected to report record quarterly shipments, at 96.3 million tonnes. Meanwhile, UBS forecasts that BHP’s shipments from the Pilbara totalled 274 million tonnes in 2017-18, which is slightly below the resources group’s full-year guidance of 275-280 million tonnes.

CORPORATES
RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LIMITED – ASX FMG, UBS HOLDINGS PTY LTD, VALE SA, ATLAS IRON LIMITED – ASX AGO, MINERAL RESOURCES LIMITED – ASX MIN, ROY HILL HOLDINGS PTY LTD, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND SCIENCE

WA wades into Atlas takeover fray

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Original article by Paul Garvey
The Australian – Page: 17 & 20 : 14-Jun-18

Atlas Iron’s port capacity at the Utah Point berth at Port Hedland and its stake in North West Infrastructure’s proposed South West Creek berth is a key driver of the bidding war for the iron ore junior. A successful bid by Mineral Resources would allow it to increase the volume of lower-grade ore that is shipped through Utah Point, which may have prompted Fortescue Metals Group and Hancock Prospecting to take blocking stakes in Atlas. Meanwhile, the Western Australian government says Utah Point is designed for smaller miners, and it would be concerned if such key export infrastructure were to be controlled by a large company.

CORPORATES
ATLAS IRON LIMITED – ASX AGO, FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LIMITED – ASX FMG, HANCOCK PROSPECTING PTY LTD, MINERAL RESOURCES LIMITED – ASX MIN, NORTH WEST INFRASTRUCTURE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF MINES, INDUSTRY REGULATION AND SAFETY, CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INCORPORATED

Forrest joins Bishop in China media attack

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Original article by Brad Thompson
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 15 : 16-May-18

Fortescue Metals Group has exported more than one billion tonnes of iron ore since its inaugural shipment to a Chinese customer in May 2008. Fortescue founder Andrew Forrest has marked the 10th anniversary by criticising the Australian media’s coverage of China. He was especially scathing of the print media’s on the negative aspects of Australia’s relationship with China. Meanwhile, Forrest said Fortescue is progressing with its expansion into South America, as well as plans to diversify into other minerals.

CORPORATES
FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LIMITED – ASX FMG, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE, SHANGHAI BAOSTEEL GROUP CORPORATION

Rinehart’s Roy Hill exports yo-yo in a struggle for consistency

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Original article by Peter Ker
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 17 : 7-May-18

Roy Hill Holdings has indicated that its iron ore export volumes in April 2018 were consistent with its target of shipping 55 million tonnes a year. Although Roy Hill does not usually release data on its export volumes, Port Hedland statistics suggest that it shipped less than 11.7 million tonnes in the March 2018 quarter, which implies an annualised rate of around 47 million tonnes. Peter O’Connor of Shaw & Partners says the end of the cyclone season should enable Roy Hill to achieve its target run rate over the next three quarters.

CORPORATES
ROY HILL HOLDINGS PTY LTD, PORT HEDLAND PORT AUTHORITY, SHAW AND PARTNERS LIMITED, BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LIMITED – ASX FMG, ATLAS IRON LIMITED – ASX AGO, MINERAL RESOURCES LIMITED – ASX MIN, BCI MINERALS LIMITED – ASX BCI